(applause) >> stephen: you know. i can understand this because again i'm intellectually hydro planning on explanations. -- when i try think about the way are you explaining it to me, i'm sure are you bad at explaining things, but could i understand it without the math? >> wave your hand through the air comparing it to what it would be like waving it through molasses t would be harder to wave it through the molasses. >> stephen: but fun. >> but fun, exactly. so the higg field like the molasses. all the electrons that make up the atoms holding you together, they are moving through this higgs field, getting mass from that. >> stephen: they are getting mass from moving -- >> through the higgs field. >> it interacting with them and giving them mass. they become massive (cheers and applause) >> stephen: sean carroll, the particle at the end of the universe. we'll be right back. thank you so much. >> thank you, ladies and gentlemen, welcome, thanks for joining us. but that is it for the report. before we go i want to thank